LETTERS
Thanks to M State for hosting BPA competition
M State, Detroit Lakes, hosted our Region 6 BPA competition on Jan. 25, 2012. Region 6 BPA would like to thank M State and Joanie Zirbes for allowing us to use their facilities and staff to run our competition. BPA (Business Professionals of America) is an extra-curricular activity that competes at the regional, state, and national levels. Students compete in various areas of business. — Jeri Sakrismo, BPA Advisor, Detroit Lakes High SchoolFebruary 01, 2012
Park Rapids’ KDKK radio is a ‘great’ alternative station
If your readers are looking for a good alternative to talk, shock, rock, and jock radio, I suggest they do themselves a favor and tune in to KDKK, 97.5 FM out of Park Rapids. Did I say “good” alternative? That’s an understatement. KDKK is a great radio station, its format is unique in the upper Midwest (I travel enough to know), and you won’t find anything like it anywhere including on XM/Sirius, Pandora, or your iTunes Radio.February 01, 2012
Hedonism dominates in these hard economic times
Several years ago, I read a wonderful biography, authored by David McCullough, entitled “Truman.” It won the Pulitzer Prize. President Truman had to deal with a “Do Nothing Congress.” Mr. Truman coined the phrases “The Buck Stops Here” and “I’m Not Giving Them Hell, I’m Just Telling Them (Republican’s) The Truth.” Truman also commented that “Something happens to a republican brain once they reach Washington.”January 27, 2012
America is contradictory when it comes to abortion 
January 2012 marks 39 years since Roe v. Wade. Some counts are now up to 55 million dead.
January 20, 2012
Negotiations for DL teachers are an ongoing process 
After the January School Board meeting, information regarding the current contract negotiations for District #22 (Detroit Lakes) was reported online and in the paper. In those reports Superintendent Doug Froke shared that the Principal’s Association had settled for a 3.33 percent increase and the Secretaries Association had a tentative 4.56 percent increase agreement.
January 18, 2012
Too fast in bad conditions to blame for many ‘accidents’ 
I would like to comment on an article on page 3A of the paper dated Jan. 8. The article was about a rollover on Highway 34, “Frosty roads to blame for a rollover.”
January 18, 2012
Frazee school board’s first year accomplishments 
On January 10, 2011, three new school board members and one incumbent board member took the oath of office and were seated on the Frazee School Board. The next item of business was re-organizing for officers and committee assignments. Thus a new board was in charge of the school district. So what have the accomplishments been in the period of almost one year? Let’s examine!
January 04, 2012
Read the fine print in payroll tax cut 
If the payroll tax cut is good for the working families, why is the democrats’ Senate bill for two months better than the House republican bill for 12 months?
December 30, 2011
Give life; become an organ, tissue, eye donor 
Our son, TJ, didn’t plan on being a donor. He was waiting for a life-saving liver transplant when he died. He’d lived his 36 years with a liver compromised by a congenital enzyme deficiency. By the time a matching deceased donor liver was found for TJ, he was a very sick young man, and he did not survive the surgery. Instead, he became an eye donor, with the blessing of his family.
December 28, 2011
Thanks for DAV donations 
Lakeland Chapter 31, Disabled American Veterans, would like to thank all the generous contributors, to our clothing and misc. items collection program this past year. Some donated leftover rummage sale items, some used our collection bins at the VFW and American Legion Clubs in Detroit Lakes and the bin at Orton’s in Audubon, and some brought their donations directly to the semi trailer south across the street from Central Market.
By Neil Olson, Commander, Lakeland Chapter 31, Disabled American Veterans , December 23, 2011
Thanks to DLHS students, staff for generosity 
We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the generosity and compassion The National Honor Society, DLHS students, and staff have shown to Jeff Fish, our son. We are touched by your efforts and are proud to be part of such a wonderful community.
By Amy and Randall Fish, Detroit Lakes , December 23, 2011
Receive the gift of Jesus this Christmas season 
This is a common question right about now, “What do you want for Christmas?” If a child is being asked, then the question might be, “What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?” Think of the possibilities!
December 07, 2011
Support the Salvation Army this holiday season 
There is only one difference between a good community and an incredible community: the amount of help given to the less fortunate.
December 07, 2011
Compromise will solve U.S. problems, not bullying 
Mirriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines “bully” as “a blustering, browbeating person; especially… to others who are weaker;” and (as a verb), “to affect by means of force or coercion; to use browbeating language or behavior.”
By Liz Sweder, Fergus Falls , December 02, 2011
Minnesota property tax system is outdated 
The reasons why Minnesota property taxes are at the breaking point are primarily local spending at unsustainable levels and the inability of our Legislature to recognize the real problem of the outdated property tax assessment system.
November 30, 2011
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